| Amy Steadman is an executive of a family owned merchandising and publishing company, and has inherited her murdered grandmother's shares of the company which give her the controlling interest. She shows no interest in running the company, her concerns are with the unsolved murder of her grandmother, the suicide of her mother when Amy was three years old, her father's infidelities and the possibility that now her husband is straying also.
The property her grandmother lived on before her murder is also owned by two other family members of Amy's grandfather, and the money for its sale is more important to them. Her grandmother had been holding out, and Amy has decided to sell. She journeys south to NC to sign final papers and clean out the house. Here the details surrounding the murder of her grandmother lead to more disturbing questions about the validity of her mother having actually taken her own life. When certain facts about her grandmother's murder is revealed to a cousin, who is then murdered, Amy finds out that she may be next on the murderer's list. | ||
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Plot & Themes Tone of story - suspenseful (sophisticated fear) Time/era of story: What % of story relates directly to the mystery, not the subplot? - 70% Special suspect? - relative Murder of certain profession? Misc. Murder Plotlets - "All in the family" murder Kind of investigator Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book Any non-mystery subplot? descript. of violence and chases - 10 % Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 30 % Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 40 % How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 20 % Crime Thriller Yes Murder Mystery (killer unknown) Yes Is Romance a MAJOR (25%+) part of story? Yes Main Character Gender - Female Profession/status: Age: - 20's-30's Ethnicity/Race Main Adversary Identity: - an organization Age: - 40's-50's Profession/status: How sensitive is this character? Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters Setting United States Yes Farm/Ranch? Yes Farm/Ranch: - farm Writing Style Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths What kind of sex: - descript of kissing Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog |
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